Kimi K3.1 Launches as a 2.8T-Parameter AI Model
Kimi K3.1 is described as a very large open model with 2.8 trillion parameters and 104 billion active parameters, but its weights have not yet been released.
Kimi K3.1 Launches as a 2.8T-Parameter AI Model
Kimi K3.1 is a very large model with 2.8 trillion parameters, of which 104 billion are active. The model weights have not been published yet; the developers promise to release them in a couple of weeks.
According to the announcement, the model is already competitive with frontier systems such as Opus 5.5, Astra and Fable 5.1. This reinforces a broader trend: the gap between Chinese open-source AI and closed American models is narrowing with each new release.
Why it matters
AnalysisIf the weights are released, researchers and developers will gain access to a frontier-scale open model. The release also signals that Chinese open-source AI is closing the distance to top proprietary systems.
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